With only a few days left of their holidays, Ruby and Blake had packed up and were standing at the docks waiting for their boat with Ghira and Kali.

"Promise you'll call us when you can." Kali said, tears running down her cheeks as she hugged Blake.

"I promise." Blake replied, doing her best to hold back her own tears.

"Keep her safe for us." Ghira said, standing next to his wife.

"I will." Ruby smiled, wrapping her arm around Blake's waist.

A final moment was shared between the parents and their daughter before Blake and Ruby boarded the boat and made their way to their room for the next couple days.

"Hey," Ruby said hugging Blake. "You doing ok?"

"Yeah… yeah, just a bit emotional." Blake replied, molding herself against Ruby.

"Did you have a good time?" Ruby asked, resting her head on Blake's shoulder.

"I did." Blake smiled, enjoying the feeling of being so close to Ruby.

"We'll come back soon, I promise." Ruby said, sounding as confident as possible before leading Blake over to their bed for the next couple days.


"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby called as she ran off the boat and into her uncle, nearly knocking him over with a hug.

"Hey kid, you two have fun?" Qrow asked as Blake joined them.

"It was great, I got to meet Blake's parents and they were super nice and I saw so many cool things." Ruby answered, still hugging her uncle. "Oh, I met a man named Ichor and he wanted me to tell you that you owe him twenty lien."

"That old fools still alive? Damn, guess i'll have to make a trip to Menagerie soon." Qrow sighed, smiling as Ruby let go of him.

"Where's dad?" Ruby asked, looking around.

"Apparently he caught your sister and the Schnee getting a bit frisky and now doesn't trust them on their own." Qrow answered as Ruby gagged.

"Ew ew ew ew." Ruby repeated, shaking her head of the thought.

"What's wrong kid, I'm sure you and your girlfriend do the same." Qrow teased as Blake's face grew redder than Ruby's cape, Ruby sped off using her semblance and Qrow laughed. "Come on, let's go find my innocent niece.

Blake followed Qrow as the pair walked back to the car, where they assumed Ruby was.

"Were you with her when she spoke to Ichor?" Qrow asked, breaking the silence.

"I was." Blake answered, still nervous around Qrow.

"What did he say?" Qrow inquired, taking his flask out of his front pocket and taking a swig.

"He told her about how Summer treated him with respect and was kind." Blake said, not entirely happy Qrow was drinking. "He also mentioned that Summer and her partner defended him from a group of fourth years."

"I remember doing that." Qrow smirked at the memory. "Doesn't matter how tough you are, a scythe slammed into the ground millimetres away from your face will terrify anyone."

"So you don't hate Faunus?" Blake asked, having wanted to confirm this for a while.

"If the person doesn't piss me off then I won't hate them, that goes for Humans and Faunus." Qrow said, digging his hands into his pockets. "Why, did you think I was another racist?"

"N-No no not at all." Blake stutter, scared she had now insulted Qrow.

"You don't have to be scared of me ya know, as long as my niece is happy and safe then you and I will get along fine." Qrow said, actually calming some of Blake's nerves around the seasoned huntsmen. "Though if me scaring you is why you two are so innocent, I might need to do that to the Ice Queen to cool her off."

"Do I even want to know?" Blake asked, regretting asking as soon as she did.

"Lets just say those two aren't as subtle as they think around someone who has spent most his life training to listen for a twig snapping two hundred metres away." Qrow answered while Blake just groaned.

"Why am I not surprised." Blake sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"My niece is a lot like her father, he wasn't exactly subtle when he was with my sister either." Qrow said, drinking from his flask. "Surprisingly though, the Schnee's seem to have a thing for Branwens."

"Didn't you and Winter try to kill each other at Beacon?" Blake asked, questioning how drunk Qrow really was.

"Trust me kid, if we had wanted to kill each other, that fight would have been over after the first swing." Qrow replied before another swig from his flask.

Ruby was exactly where they expected her to be, standing next to the car, waiting for the others. What surprised both Blake and Qrow, was the the fact that Ruby had somehow gotten a cookie.

"Kid, one of these days you need to tell me how you keep making cookies magically appear." Qrow said, shaking his head as he opened the driver's door and got in.

"Same way your flask never seems to empty." Ruby replied, climbing in the front, leaving Blake and their luggage in the back.

"I can't even argue with that." Qrow shrugged, turning the key in the ignition and starting the drive back to their house. "So what did you two get up to?"

"Blake showed me around the town and the markets and her house, it's huge like a mansion." Ruby rambled, listing off everything she could remember.

"Is that right?" Qrow asked, looking at Blake through the rear view mirror, something the teen in the back caught.

"My father is chieftain on Menagerie, so they gave my parents the largest home in the centre of town." Blake replied, still getting use to the idea of it all.

"Guess both my nieces ended up with royalty." Qrow smirked, turning his eyes back to the road.

"Uncle Qrow, can I ask you something?" Ruby asked, fidgeting with the hem of her skirt.

"Sure thing." Qrow replied, half focusing on driving and half focusing on his niece.

"Can you tell me more about Mum?" The care fell eerily quiet after that, with Ruby nervously fidgeting and Blake unsure what to say. Finally the silence was broken by Qrow when he sighed.

"Your Mum… Your Mum was a lot like you in many ways. She was smart, cheerful, shy and hated heels, but most importantly she was a person that you could look up too, even if she didn't think she was that special." Qrow answered, seeming drained after just that. "Blake told me that Ichor told you the story about how your Mum and I stood up for him against a few idiots who thought Faunus were lesser people. What he didn't mention was the fact I tried to stop her. Not because I agreed with the jerks, but because I was worried she'd get hurt but Summer didn't care. To her if you didn't stand up and fight for what's right, you weren't a true huntsmen."

"Do you think she would be proud of me?" Ruby asked as they approached the house.

"No doubt in my mind." Qrow answered without a pause before getting out of the car.

Blake and Ruby didn't move at first, their silence only broken when Blake asked a question.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah." Ruby sighed, laying her head back against the seat. "She sounds so amazing doesn't she?"

"She really does." Blake replied before hopping out of the car herself and pulling their luggage inside, leaving Ruby with her thoughts.


Ruby had offered to help her father cook dinner that night and Weiss being the polite guest she was joined them as well, leaving Blake and Yang in the lounge room while Qrow sat at the dining table.

"You really couldn't keep your hands to yourself while you were here could you?" Blake sighed referring to what Qrow had told the red and black couple when they got back.

"Can you blame me? Her body is gorgeous." Yang replied, smiling ear to ear as she spoke about Weiss. "Besides, Dad wasn't suppose to be home for another hour."

"According to your uncle, you two weren't as stealthy as you thought while he was home either." Blake said, watching as Yang buried her face in her hands.

"Did he really say that?" Yang groaned, looking through her fingers to see Blake nod, causing the brawler to groan more. "Hopefully he doesn't say anything to Weiss or I think she'll die of embarrassment."

The idea of that caused Blake to laugh.

"So, how was seeing your family?" Yang asked, curiosity bubbling away.

"It was… stressful at first, but once we got past all of that and reconnected it was really nice." Blake answered, a sad smile on her lips.

"So I guess we won't be seeing you around here as much on breaks now huh? Yang asked.

"Not necessarily, trips to Menagerie aren't exactly cheap. I'm not sure when the next chance will be but at least I can contact them now through the CCT." Blake said, only stopping when Yang hugged her, the reason why not apparent until she felt a stray tear fall.

"I'm sure they were really glad to see you."

"I was too." Blake replied, a few more tears falling before the pair broke apart and Blake wiped her eyes. "Thanks Yang."

"Anytime kittykat." Yang smiled, earning a small laugh from Blake.

"You just had to go and ruin it didn't you." Blake said with no hint of actual annoyance.

"That laugh made it worth it." Yang replied, shining her trademark grin.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"You just did Blake," Yang replied, laughing at her own joke while Blake glared at her "Alright shoot."

"What was Summer like?" The question seemed to drain Yang of all happiness.

"She was great, she took in a girl with no relation to her and treated her like her own daughter." Yang smiled, though there was no happiness in it. "She really was the best thing that could have happened to me or Rubes."

Yang groaned, shaking her head to rid herself of her negitive thoughts before returning her attention to Blake.

"I miss her, everyday." Blake didn't push any after that, the effects of asking still pressent with Yang. "Why do ya wanna know about Mum?"

"Ruby met someone who knew her in Menagerie, he told her about how Summer and Qrow protected him from a group of racists at Beacon. She also asked your uncle

When we got back. I guess I just wanted to know more about the woman who gave Ruby such a drive to be a huntress." Blake had avoided eye contact with Yang during her answer, and when she did finally look up at her partner, her expression was one of worry.

"Did Ruby always seemed depressed after talking about Mum with either of them?"

"A bit… why?" Blake asked, now worried.

"Ruby always has a hard time talking about Mum, and after a while she starts doubting herself and whether she's good enough or if she'd make mum proud." Yang informed, just before Taiyang called about dinner being ready. "Just look out for her for me."

"I will."


Nightmares weren't really something Ruby had worried about since Blake and her had started dating, the closest she had being one of a giant textbook chasing her before a big exam.

Tonight however, was not as kind. After worrying about what her mother would think of her all day, and the conversations with Ichor and Qrow, Ruby's sleep was plagued.

The worst of them all caused Ruby to shoot up in bed, she didn't scream but she could feel tears slide down her face.

Terrified, Ruby quickly made her way over to Blake's bed and crawled in next to her girlfriend and curled into the smallest ball she could make.

"Mgrh… Ruby?" Blake asked still half asleep. Her sleepiness didn't last long though once she heard a sniffle from the tiny ball lay next to her. "Ruby what happened?"

"I-I h-had a n-n-nightmare." Ruby hiccupped, her body trembling as she spoke.

Blake didn't know what to do, she had seen Yang comfort Ruby a couple times during their first few months at Beacon but this was nothing she had dealt with alone.

Doing the first thing that came to mind, Blake cocooned herself around her girlfriend as best she could and started humming a song her mother use to sing to her as a girl.

Slowly but surely, ruby uncurled to Blake humming until she was able to roll over and bury her head on Blake's chest, tears flowing more freely now.

After Blake had finished humming the song for the fifth time, Ruby had calmed down enough that her sobs had become small hiccups, though she still clung to Blake for dear life.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Blake asked, waiting patiently while she rubs Ruby's back.

"I s-saw Mum, she said I was a terrible leader and that Id failed my friends and teammates. S-she said I should g-give up being a huntress." Ruby whimpered, fresh tears starting to fall.

"Ruby, you haven't failed your friends and you most certainly haven't failed me. You are the best leader I could have asked for on a team." Blake spoke reassuringly, hugging her red haired girlfriend tightly. "Do you remember how your uncle said that your mother believed that if you weren't doing the right thing you weren't a true huntress?"

Y-yeah?"

"Well you defended me from Cardin because it was right, you helped Velvet when she had no one else because it was right, and you helped reunite me with my parents because you're a caring person. I'd say you live up to the title and then some." Blake smiled, watching as Ruby seemed to calm down a little more.

"Do you really think she would be proud of me?" Ruby asked, her voice much smaller than normal.

"Without a doubt in my mind." Blake replied, shifting Ruby so she would be more comfortable. "Now go to sleep, and I'll keep the nightmares away."

"Thank you Blake." Ruby yawned before drifting back to sleep with Blake not far behind her.


Woooo I did it!

*does weird happy dance before the rocks start flying*

Ahhh! I'm sorry I'm sorry.

Anyway, I'm still working on the final chapter of Reunions as well as another bumblebee fic and another chapter for the Crosshairs fic i posted recently so i will do my best to get those out soon.

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